Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk 25 KB370,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 152491
 
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Date:Sunday 11 February 1945
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk 25
Owner/operator:45 (Atlantic Ferry) Gp TC RAF
Registration: KB370
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Missing - North Atlantic Ocean. -   Atlantic Ocean
Phase: En route
Nature:Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:USAAF Bluie West One (Greenland)
Destination airport:RAF Reykjavik (Iceland)
Narrative:
Mosquito KB370: Took off for ferry flight from USAAF B.W.1. 11/02/1945
Crashed on sea between the SW coasts of Greenland and RAF Reykjavik.
Crew:
F/O (153.549) John Martyn SQUANCE (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/O (J/24241) Gunnlauger Marino MAXON (nav.) RCAF - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.https://www.bombercommandmuseumarchives.ca/canadaairwar/canadaairwar1944.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
14-Jan-2013 02:50 Nepa Added
08-Jun-2014 15:01 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
09-Mar-2015 09:58 AlLah Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport]
18-Sep-2015 18:06 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Destination airport, Narrative]
02-Feb-2016 15:05 Heil Updated [Operator]
19-Feb-2019 17:58 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator]
20-Sep-2021 10:28 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator]
04-Oct-2021 17:17 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
05-Dec-2021 19:46 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]

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